The Mind-Body Bridging Program (MBBP) is an awareness training program (ATP)to help individuals improve their health condition and attain a state of well-being. Bridging is the primary technique that facilitates the healing process, by bringing one back to the present moment to experience thoughts, emotions and physical sensations. Bridging aims to reduce the impact of negative thought patterns that contribute to stress in the body.

Behavioral: Mind-Body Bridging Program

Bridging aims to reduce the impact of negative thought patterns that contribute to stress in the body.

Other Name: MBBP

Active Comparator: Supportive Education

Supportive Education program will provide educational lectures on disability, sleep hygiene, and current research on depression and non-directive, supportive discussions about these topics.

Behavioral: Supportive Education

This intervention will provide educational lectures on disability, sleep hygiene, and current research on depression and nondirective, supportive discussions about these topics.

Other Name: SED

Detailed Description:

This randomized study investigates whether two treatment conditions:Mind-Body Bridging (MBB) and Supportive Education (SED) are effective in improving sleep disturbance and self-reported indicators of other co-morbid symptoms in veterans with GWI. The two treatment conditions will each comprise 3 sessions of 2 hr. duration and conducted over 3 consecutive weeks (Week 1-3).

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

38 Years to 80 Years

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Veteran from First Gulf War

Suffering from sleep disturbance

Has other chronic symptoms of Gulf War Illness:

fatigue

chronic headaches

joint/muscle pain

cognitive difficulties

memory/concentration problems

shortness of breath

gastrointestinal symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

terminally ill

a highly unstable medical or psychiatric condition

Parkinson disease

dementia of any cause

Nocturia

delayed/advanced sleep phase syndrome

Narcolepsy

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01543997